Garden shots September 2013

Planted cape gooseberries a month ago and already loaded with berries ripening. A load of ginger ready to harvest and cardamon also coming along well. Beautiful harvest of pineapple sage to pick and dry for tea. Herbs in spiral coming along well. Borage attracting bees!

Compost and garden

Made 18 day "hot compost" and success! Secret was keeping it moist and 1/3 green waste, 1/3 manures and 1/3 cane mulch, cardboard and shredded paper. Turned on 3rd day and then every 2nd day for 18 days. The temperature was so hot in middle we couldn't touch it! Making a second lot now and a photo of remainder of compost after using most in garden.

Worm Farm, Compost Making and Gardening

Ordered some 1000 Red Wrigglers online and deposited them in worm farm on top of some horse poo. Watering them every 2nd or 3rd day as record temperatures and it only early spring. They are living their new home and we have already had loads of worm juice for the garden.